Introduction: The povery of abundance --
Herbert Hoover: Governmental outlook and methods --
The stock market crash: Hoover's initial program --
Business leadership: The limits of co-operation --
Banking: Cash, credit, and confidence --
Agriculture: The new Individualism --
unemployment: Industry and the American way --
Social welfare and the unemployed: Cities and states --
Herbert Hoover: The Presidency in peacetime crisis --
The President, the press, and congress --
Conclusion: The dry well and conservatism.